Mid-Hudson Chapter

Welcome to the web page of the Mid-Hudson Chapter of the New York State Society for Clinical Social Work. The Mid-Hudson Chapter covers Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Sullivan and Ulster Counties in the Mid-Hudson Valley Region.

The Mid-Hudson Chapter Board meets bi-monthly month (except July and August) at the home of one of the Board members. Members are welcome to attend these meetings and to participate in all Mid-Hudson Chapter activities. The Mid-Hudson Chapter also holds quarterly education workshops for which continuing education credits are available and has a peer-consultation group which meets on a monthly basis in Poughkeepsie. You may check the Mid-Hudson Chapter Calendar for information about these Board meetings, educational programs and other Chapter activities.

The Chapter has a Disaster Preparedness Committee, Education Committee, Membership Committee, Newsletter Committee, Peer Consultation Committee and a Website Committee. If you have any questions about a committee or wish to join a committee, you may contact the committee’s chairperson listed below. You may check the Mid-Hudson Chapter Calendar for information about committee meetings and programs.

We welcome you to attend our bi-monthly Board meetings, educational programs and other activities, to learn about the Society and the Mid-Hudson Chapter, to join with us and to participate actively in Mid-Hudson Chapter activities.

For more information on our Board of Directors please call 800-288-4279 or email[email protected]

Contact the Chapter

President: Linda Hill, MSW, LCSW(845) 452-3676

Immediate Past President: Rosemary Cohen, MSW, LCSW(845) 419-2355

Chapter Leadership

President: Linda Hill, MSW, LCSW(845) 452-3676

Immediate Past President: Rosemary Cohen, MSW, LCSW(845) 419-2355

Past-Presidents: Gloria Robbins, MSW, LCSW, BCD(845) 485-3131

Carolyn Bersak

Vice President:

Secretary:Louise Marcigliano

Treasurer: Myrna Sadowsky

Member-at-Large: Rachel Cea

Member-at-Large:Mila Sverdlov

Chapter Membership Chair:Gloria Robbins, MSW, LCSW, BCD(845) 485-3131

Outreach Liaison:Carolyn Bersak

Technology Support:Susan Deane-Miller

Chapter Committees

Education Committee

The Education Committee plans, coordinates and implements the Chapter’s quarterly education workshops and other education activities. These programs are free for Chapter members. You may check the Mid-Hudson Chapter Calendar for information about these educational workshops and programs. For further information about the Education Committee or to volunteer to serve on this committee, you may contact one of the committee co-chairpersons.

Committee Chair:Cynthia Muenz, MSW, LCSW(845) 473-8050

Amy Blumberg, MSW, LCSW, BCD(845) 452-2550

Thaddea Compain, MSW, LCSW, BCD(845) 247-4059

Membership Committee

The Membership Committee works on attracting new members to the Society and to provide opportunities for networking among members of the Chapter. For further information about the Membership Committee or to volunteer to serve on this committee, you may contact the committee chairperson.

Gloria Robbins, MSW, LCSW, BCD(845) 485-3131

Judy Elkin

Peer Consultation Committee

The peer consultation Committee provides a setting where clinical social workers can come together on a monthly basis in a supportive environment to share, discuss and explore cases and issues which they encounter in clinical practice. For further information about the Peer Consultation Committee you may contact one of the facilitators:

Linda Hill, MSW, LCSW(845) 452-3676

Website Committee

The Website Committee makes sure that the Society’s website remains current and responsive to the needs of the Society. Each chapter has a chapter website coordinator who is a member of the Society’s Website Committee and is responsible to enter their chapter’s news and events onto their chapter’s web page on the Society website. If you have any chapter news to be placed on the Mid-Hudson Chapter web page or any chapter events to be placed on the Mid-Hudson Chapter Calendar on the Society website you may contact the chapter website coordinator.